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Wilf,
In regards to the GPS, i know some will disagree but nowadays I think a second mobile phone is of more use.
All topo (and geo) maps can be downloaded onto a phone with apps that are used frequently here (Trilobite, Happy Prospector).
Most handheld GPS only offer rudimentary maps.
The apps we use all offer "tracking " so you can retrace your steps.
A PLB would be worth considering as well ( i use SPOT).
I do have a GPS but find that it sits in glovebox of wagon all the time as i just take a fully charged phone when wandering on foot.
The GPS function on phones works even without signal reception.
In regards to the GPS, i know some will disagree but nowadays I think a second mobile phone is of more use.
All topo (and geo) maps can be downloaded onto a phone with apps that are used frequently here (Trilobite, Happy Prospector).
Most handheld GPS only offer rudimentary maps.
The apps we use all offer "tracking " so you can retrace your steps.
A PLB would be worth considering as well ( i use SPOT).
I do have a GPS but find that it sits in glovebox of wagon all the time as i just take a fully charged phone when wandering on foot.
The GPS function on phones works even without signal reception.
Aries Thanks for the advice I need to go to a mobile shop to get a sim card to get the best reception so could pick a phone up
at the same time. Please forgive my ignorance but what is PLB lol.. Thanks Wilf
A PLB is a Personal Locator Beacon.
You register it with AMSA. Do not go wandering aroung in the outback without one. Otherwise you may become another statistic.
https://beacons.amsa.gov.au/about/beacon-types.asp
You register it with AMSA. Do not go wandering aroung in the outback without one. Otherwise you may become another statistic.
https://beacons.amsa.gov.au/about/beacon-types.asp
Thanks sounds like a good idea. And if im going to be a Statistic I hope its towards the end of my trip lol
Thanks are PLB readily available at shops like Prospectors patch iv just been on the site you were kind enough to send me
so i know what im looking for now. Cheers
I got mine at a camping store.
